Why is border control considered racist and other questions worth pondering

Why do people throw out the accusation of racism when someone wants the borders better controlled?

As one ages it becomes impossible to ignore the fact that the values learned in our younger years are not necessarily the values we find around us in our older years. In pondering this issue I have developed some questions which, if nothing else, illustrate that the world around me has changed and there seems to be increasing numbers of people around me that do not share my values. Here are some of those questions:

Why has the federal government been assuming an ownership interest in more and more major businesses, from General Motors to Fannie Mae and Freddy Mac? Is this just bailout or some kind of hidden agenda at work?

Why when I call my government or a business for something do I have to first tell them if I speak English or Spanish?

Why do people of the same sex want to be married the same way that people of the opposite sex are?

Why does the Republican Party look so foolish and bury me in mailers of questionnaires that pose obviously biased questions in order to extract desired answers (While of course at the same time soliciting financial donations for some Party cause or other)?

Why do people picket, engage in marches and candlelight vigils? What motivates such behavior?

Likewise, why do people go to sporting events with face and body paint in team colors and otherwise act out to bring attention to themselves?

Why have Mosques and women wearing head and face coverings shown up throughout the country?

Why does our President say we are war with Al Qaida and yet give Al Qaida’s warriors full constitutional legal rights including trials in our civil courts?

Why do I find Joe Biden likable?

Why would anyone want to be Governor of this state?

Why do people throw out the accusation of racism when someone wants the borders better controlled?

Why don’t we either admit that capital punishment in California is not going to happen, or move forward with executions of the hundreds on death row?

Why does Orange County seem to be the birthplace of major white collar crime operations, from non-profit scams and boiler rooms to pyramid investment schemes to mortgage companies promoting and making what we now all recognize as high risk, impossible to pay off loans (Remember the Ameriquest blimp?) and, lastly, major Medicaid and Medicare fraud?

Why do some people start what I call “aw shucks” or alarmist e-mails and send them out with a concluding message to send them to everyone you know? Who are these people writing these things and what are they really up to?

Are UFO’s and alien abductions for real? What’s really going on with this?

Why are some of the cries of extremist groups that I used to dismiss as kooks hollering in the night beginning to make sense?

This list could be longer, and it probably will grow. For now, this is enough to wonder about. What about you?

About Over But Not Out

A retired Orange County employee, and moderate Republican. The editor seriously does not know OBNO's identity as did not the former editor, but his point of view is obviously interesting and valued.